Question follow-through · 44628

Personal Care Services: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to regulate hygiene standards within the (i) hairdresser, (ii) barber and (iii) beauty industries.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 7 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2025
Answer: 23 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to regulate hygiene standards within the (i) hairdresser, (ii) barber and (iii) beauty industries.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2025
Answer published
Businesses in the hair and beauty sector, which includes barber shops, hairdressers and beauty salons are required to comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations, which place duties on businesses to assess the risk o...

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